Is it good to eat pumpkin all the time?

Pumpkin is a very common dish in our life, it is cheap and has many health benefits. Therefore, many people like to eat it, and some people may eat it for a long time. Is this really good for your health? This can be analyzed from the nutritional value of pumpkin. Let’s take a closer look at the effects of long-term pumpkin consumption as well as the benefits and precautions of eating pumpkin. Everyone can study it carefully.

1. Long-term impact

If you eat pumpkin for a long time, it may have a great impact on your health. Since pumpkin is a warm food, if you do not consume an appropriate amount of cold food while eating pumpkin, it is likely to cause discomfort symptoms such as getting angry, and the condition will continue to worsen as you continue to eat pumpkin. Moreover, pumpkin is easy to breed moisture. Eating pumpkin for a long time will easily cause a large amount of moisture to remain in the body. This moisture can easily induce various diseases and is very bad for health.

2. Benefits

Eating pumpkin also has many benefits for health. It has the effects of tonifying qi, relieving inflammation and pain, lowering blood pressure, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, moisturizing the intestines and promoting bowel movements, detoxifying and killing insects. It can also treat high blood pressure, edema, cough, asthma, bronchitis, difficulty urinating, constipation and other discomforts.

3. Instructions for consumption

In addition to not being suitable for long-term and large-scale consumption of pumpkin, there are many other things to pay attention to. Pumpkin is an allergenic food. If you suffer from diseases such as athlete's foot and jaundice, eating pumpkin will make these diseases worse. If you have suffered from these diseases before, it may cause them to recur. Pumpkin should not be eaten with shrimp, crab, carp and other foods, as it will cause poisoning reactions. Pumpkin should not be eaten with mutton, as it will cause great damage to the body and is very harmful to health.

Eating more pumpkin can be used to treat ascariasis, nematodes, and diabetes in children, and can reduce the risk and mortality of measles. Giving children foods rich in vitamin A and vitamin E can enhance their immunity and is of great benefit in improving the symptoms of autumn dryness. The beta-carotene contained in pumpkin can be absorbed by the human body and converted into vitamin A. In addition, pumpkin is rich in vitamin E, which can help the normal secretion of various pituitary hormones, so that children can grow and develop in a normal and healthy state. Chen Xiuyuan, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty, said: "Pumpkin is a wonderful product for replenishing blood." Eating pumpkin regularly can make bowel movements smooth and the skin plump, especially for women, it has a beauty effect. Therefore, young mothers can eat pumpkin with their children. Pumpkin is often used to make weaning food. It is rich in sugar and easy to digest and absorb. Pumpkin is the main source of vitamin A and has high nutritional value. In addition to making soup and paste, it can also be used to make porridge, steam, boil, and cook rice.